Thomas County cat., 1887-11-17
SCHOOL AND CHURCH

SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
The largest university in the world
is Oxford. in England. 1t consists OF
twenty-one colleges and five halls.
There are more than FIVE hundred
Baptist churches in Burmah. with over
twenty-five thousand communicants.
"A gift of f2o.OOO has been re-
ceived by the University of Australia
for the founding of chair of music.
There are in the church of England
one hundred clergymen. converts from
Judaism. and over three thousand corl-
municants.
Rev. William B. Gordon has
been appointed superintendent of the
mission work in Mexico. under the
auspices of the Episcopal Board Of
Missions.
The Board of Regent of the Oregon
State University has increased the sal-
arv of the president from s.. 800 to 81
500. and the salaries of the other pro-
fessors from 81, go to s.. coo.
One of the most encouraging feat
ures of the Christian EndeavOr move
ment is the work it is doing for feeble
churches in small towns. Many dy>
ing church is made alive by the quick
ening efforts Of young people. Boston
advertiser.
-'.If men," says the Independent.
| '.cave as little attention to their busi-
ness rs most men do 10 the Bible. what
would be the consequence? The all
swer is that their business would speed-
ily 90 to ruin for the want of proper
attention to it"
The great Mohammedan College
ut Cairo. has on average, about 5000
students. The course of study pre-
scribed for these students requires
eight years for it's completion; and af-
ter it is finished many of these grad
uates 90 out as missionaries. Chicago
| Adcdnce.
The great revival among the
hea.hen of the Congo, in Africa, still
continues. According to latest reports.
more than one thousand have publicly
profcssed faith in Christ at Bauza
Manteka Station, of whom from SOC
to 900 are adults.-PubHc Opinion.
! God fits our shoulders to the bur-
dens we are to bear. Many of the
trials that in our age seem tritling
enough. in Our youth would have
crushed us bitterly. and a merciful
Providence has so arranged it that as
we come nearer to death. life is less
and less attractive.-Prdirie Farmer.
Rev. Charles ID. Tenney. son Of
Rev. Daniel Tenney. of En@lewood, N.
j., a missionary of the American Board
in China, has just been appointed
| private tutor to the sons of EicerOy Lii
Hung-Chang. who is. without doubt,
the most influeAtial man in the Chinese
Empire.-Pablic Opinion.
Prayer that is not based on Gods
promises and offered in the name o:
Jesus Christ is like the clicking of a
telegraphic instrument that is unat.
tached to the transmitting wire. The
sound is all righ: and the petition may
be understood on earth, but it will not.
be transmitted to heaven. Words d1ac
Weapons.
"A good colored man once said in
a class meeting: ''Bredcrn, when Twas,
boy took hatchet and went into
de woods. When l found tree dat
was straight, big and solid, l didn't
touch dat tree, but when l found one
leaning little and hollow inside. !
soon had him down. So, when the
debbil goes after Christians, he don't
touch dem dat stand straight and true,
but dem dat lean little and are hol-
low inside. limited Presbyterian.
The statistics of all the churches
in Japan give the total of organized
churches at 1913, of which number 6i
are se,f-supporting. The total additions
reported in 1886 was 1929. This
makes the membership on the rst OF
January. 1887, to be 14,S15 (426 were
added in January. 1880. As all the
baptisms were not reported, the menu
bership must be upward of $4,000.
There are 1863 theological students. and
the total contributions in 1886 were
S26.S66 (MeXicans).-Uniied Pres1yte-
ridn.